Patent# 2210452

This contraption was designed as a way to show the score of multiple games on one board. It’s hilariously overworked, using a system similar to trains and subways from the time did. Canvas rolls were screenprinted with numbers and the banner is scrolled until the correct values are showing. This should remind us how much we take for granted now with today’s technology.

Rule 8.05

The balk is one of the strangest entities in baseball. The ruling was put in place in 1898 as a way to establish rules that pitchers must follow in order to deliver a legal pitch, or pickoff throw. Balk rules are mostly there to protect baserunners from certain types of deceptions from the pitcher. There are over a dozen ways in which a player can balk.

BABIP

(H - HR)/(AB - HR - K + SF)

Batting Average on Balls In Play was developed by Voros McCracken in 1999. It’s a great stat to determine how lucky/unlucky a player is. If a player’s BABIP is below .300, it’s typically a sign of poor luck.